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COLOMBIA: CALI: DRUG'S CARTEL MEETING PLACE DISCOVERED
Natural Sound
Colombian authorities have discovered a luxury home in a Cali suburb which they believe was used for the city's drug cartel meetings.
Almost 500 feet of tunnel and eight phone lines were discovered in the residence. ...
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Former general leads polls for Guatemala president
1. Various of Presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina voting
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Otto Perez Molina, Presidential candidate:
"The fact that we have all these participants means that we cannot characterise this event with absenteeism,...
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Sentence of members of Tijuana Cartel
Lima, Peru - 30 January, 2007
1. Wide of Lurigancho prison
2. Police vehicle passing prison
3. Wide of tribunal
4. Wide of accused as sentence is passed
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Court official:
"Eduardo Montealegre is sentenced to 25...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INCREASE IN DRUG REHABILITATION CENTRES
Spanish/Nat
More young children in the Dominican Republic are developing drug addiction as an illegal currency of cocaine and heroin tightens on the local economy.
The Republic is a traditional port of call for drug cartels operating out...
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Colombia - Drugs Cartel Leader Arrested
More than 2,000 police and soldiers in Colombia swept through the
city of Cali on Thursday (2/3) night and arrested one of the seven
leaders of the Cali drugs cartel, Defence Minister Fernando Botero
said Friday. Jorge Rodriguez Orejuela...
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President recruits thousands of police officers in an attempt to control corruption
Mexico launched a special five thousand strong police force on Friday to combat extortion, kidnapping and thefts by drug gangs, which has spread into all sectors of its economy.
Drug gangs have long penetrated some Mexican mining and...
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COLOMBIA: POLITICIANS VOICE SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT SAMPER
Spanish/Nat
One day after assailants fired machine guns at cars carrying the lawyer of Colombian president Ernesto Samper, foreign and local politicians have voiced their support for the president.
President Samper has been accused of...
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Violence kills at least 20 in border city, including 7 in massacre
6 November 2010
1. Wide of crime scene where seven people were shot dead
2. Various of vehicle with covered body next to it
3. Mid of police at the scene of shooting
4. Wide of police vehicles at the scene
5. Mid of vehicle with covered...
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Defence lawyers comment on indictments in 'God's Banker' case
London - FILE
1. Wide of the River Thames
2. Wide of London's Blackfriars Bridge
3. Pan of bridge to sign reading: "Blackfriars Bridge"
4. Tilt up on River Thames
Location Unknown - FILE
5. STILL of Roberto Calvi
Rome - 19 April 2005
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COLOMBIA: MARIA EMMA MEJIA SWORN IN AS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
Spanish/Nat
The new Colombian Foreign Minister has been sworn in by President Ernesto Samper.
Maria Emma Mejia takes up the reigns of power in the midst of an unprecedented row with the U-S.
Her predecessor quit last week and is under...
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Guzman's home and secret tunnels, reaction to the drug lord's capture
As Mexican and US officials discuss extradition options for captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, journalists have been allowed into the underground tunnels he initially used to evade authorities.
Guzman, who was captured on...
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COLOMBIA: LAW PASSED ALLOWING SEIZURE OF DRUG DEALERS' POSSESSIONS
Spanish/Nat
In a major crackdown on it's multi-billion dollar drug trade, Colombia's congress has passed a law enabling the seizure of possessions of convicted drug dealers.
But the passage of the law, which has the support of the...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: REACTION TO BOMB BLAST
Spanish/Nat
Hours after a car bomb killed eight people in a wealthy part of Bogota - evoking fears of a renewed narco-terrorist campaign - Colombian President Andres Pastrana has sent a firm message to the attack's suspected...
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Colombian police capture reputed cocaine cartel leader
1. Jose Aldemar Rendon Ramirez being escorted by police
2. Various of Jorge Aldemar Rendon Ramirez being shown to media
3. Various of placards with the pictures of the most wanted drug traffickers
4. Director of judicial police Oscar...
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Street scenes, vox pops, newspaper headlines
1. Various of candles in front of government building where assassination took place
2. Close up flowers with message in Serbian reading: " I have a three kids, you were like father to them. What are we going to do on our own now?"
3....
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COLOMBIA: DRUG TRAFFICKING & SNIFFER DOGS
Spanish/Nat
In Colombia the fight against drug traffickers is being carried out with great success by sniffer dogs.
The dogs, trained by a special police unit, have such a success rate that they have received death threats from drug...
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USA: ADMINISTRATION REGRETS IN REVOKING PRESIDENT SAMPER'S VISA
English/Nat
The head of the White House anti-drugs programme has defended the Clinton Administration's decision to revoke the visa of Colombia's President Ernesto Samper.
But speaking at the start of a two-day National Conference on...
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Army seizes US$15.3M cash believed to belong to Sinaloa drug cartel
1. Pan left of masked soldiers carrying table with part of the 15 (m) million US dollars seized
2. Various of the seized money displayed for the media
3. Soldiers standing next to the table with the money
4. More soldiers arriving...
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Arrests of prominent members of drug cartel
1. Various of arrested men Claro Rivas Asprilla (on the left) and Feithert Rolando Aponte Castillo (right) being escorted by police
2. Various of Asprilla and Castillo standing in front of media handcuffed
3. SOUNDIBTE: (Spanish)...
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Mexican Navy says it has detained a top leader of the Gulf drug cartel
The Mexican Navy said it detained a top leader of the Gulf drug cartel on Tuesday.
Navy spokesman Jose Luis Vergara said marines detained Mario Cardenas Guillen in the northern city of Altamira.
"The Mexican Navy informs us of the...
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COLOMBIA: REWARD OFFERED FOR RECAPTURE OF DRUGS BARON
Spanish/Nat
The Colombian Government has offered a $2 (m) million (U-S dollar) reward for the recapture of billionaire drugs baron Jose Santacruz Londono.
Londono, the number three man in the Cali drug cartel, made a daring car escape...
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Police confirm arrest of brother of the Juarez drug cartel
The brother of the head of the Juarez Cartel has been arrested in the western Mexican state of Nayarit and is being held pending charges of links to organised crime, a government official confirmed on Tuesday.
Government security...
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COLOMBIA: HEAD OF NATIONAL FINANCE DRUG MONEY PRESS CONFERENCE
Spanish/Nat
A row is brewing again in the latest of Colombia's drug corruption scandals.
Politicians, journalists, and sports personalities are being investigated for allegedly receiving millions of U-S dollars from the Cali Drug...
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Suspected cartel members held, including "El Brad Pitt"
1. Handcuffed Marco Antonio Guzman alias "el BradPitt", being taken from police vehicle and presented to the media by Federal Police agent
2. Suspect Jose Ordaz being taken from police vehicle for presentation to media, pull out to...